Katy Marchant (born 30 January 1993) is an elite British track cyclist who specialises in the sprint disciplines. She won gold as part of the Great Britain women's sprint team at the

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in Paris, and was a European champion in the 500 metre time trial in 2024.

Career

Originally from

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, Marchant was based in

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after her switch to cycling in April 2013. She was educated at Brigshaw High School. Marchant began her sporting life as a heptathlete, and represented Great Britain in that event at the 2012 World Junior Championships. The switchover was instigated by her former coach,

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(best known for coaching

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), who suggested the move to cycling having seen the results of her power output on a Wattbike test. Marchant had cycled for leisure on a mountain bike and on the road, but had no experience of track cycling. After a 6-week trial period, she permanently switched to track cycling. She became a member of

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's Olympic Academy in April 2013, and graduated to the Olympic Development Programme in November 2013. In 2015, she won four national titles at the 2015 British National Track Championships, they were the 500m time trial, Sprint,

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and the

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. At the

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she won a bronze medal in the individual sprint. At the 2018 British National Track Championships she won her second time trial and sprint titles to take her tally to six in total. Later that year she won a bronze medal in the

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at the

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on the Gold Coast. Marchant was chosen to be part of the UK's 26-strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was the sprint specialist. She finished 5th in the overall standings. Marchant won her seventh national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the Team Sprint for the second time. At the

, Marchant, alongside teammates Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane, won the gold medal in the women’s team sprint. The team broke the world record three times during the event, ultimately setting the new record at 45.186 seconds in the final. At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in

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, Denmark, Marchant teamed with Finucane and Capewell to win gold in the

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. She additionally won bronze medals in the 500 m time trial and the

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, with the time trial bronze being her first individual

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medal. Marchant was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to cycling.

Major results

;2013 :

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::2nd

(with Victoria Williamson) ::2nd

::3rd Individual sprint ;2014 :1st Sprint, Oberhausen :

::2nd Team sprint (with Victoria Williamson) ::2nd Individual sprint ::3rd Keirin race ::3rd 500m time trial :3rd Sprint,

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– Round 3, Manchester :3rd Team Sprint, GP von Deutschland im Sprint (with Jessica Varnish) : European U23 Track Championships ::3rd Team Sprint (with Rosie Blount) ::3rd Keirin race ;2015 :

::1st Keirin - Round 1, Derby ::1st Sprint - Round 1, Derby ::1st 500m Time Trial - Round 1, Derby ::2nd Sprint – Round 3, Manchester ::3rd Keirin – Round 3, Manchester :Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal ::1st Sprint ::1st Keirin :Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix ::1st Sprint ::1st Keirin :

::1st

Individual sprint ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Keirin ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

(with Jessica Varnish) ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

500m time trial : UEC European U23 Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Keirin ::2nd Team Sprint (with Victoria Williamson) :Internationale Radsport Meeting ::2nd Sprint ::3rd 500m Time Trial ;2016 :

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::3rd

Sprint :2nd Keirin, Fenioux Piste International ;2017 :Siberne Eule von Ludwigshafen ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint :2nd Sprint Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi :2nd Sprint, Öschelbronn ;2018 :

::1st

Sprint ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

500m Time trial ;2023 :

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::2nd

Team sprint (with Emma Finucane, Lauren Bell and Sophie Capewell) :

::1st

Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Milly Tanner) ::2nd Silver medal blank

Keirin ;2024 :

::1st

(with Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell) :

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::1st

(with Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell) ::3rd 500 m time trial ::3rd

::1st

500m time trial ::2nd Silver medal europe

Team sprint (with Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Lowri Thomas)

References

External links

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